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Using Sametime for iOS
You can change your availability status, work with contacts, manage settings and chat with other Sametime® users.
Contact Info Screen
Tapping any contact in any group displays the Contact Info screen where the contact name, nickname, photo or default avatar, title, and awareness status display. Tapping the chat icon starts a chat with the contact.

Using Sametime for iOS
You can change your availability status, work with contacts, manage settings and chat with other Sametime® users.
- Logging In
  You must start HCL Sametime® before logging in. To find Sametime on your device, look for the Sametime icon:
- Using the Main Menu
  Tapping the menu icon allows you to navigate throughout the Sametime app.
- Changing your Online Status
  Your online status includes your availability status and message. Both are displayed at the top of the application menu. Tap your current status to make changes. Other Sametime users who are logged in can see your online status.
- Managing your Contacts
  Tap the Menu icon and then the Contacts item to display the Contacts screen. When you are online, by default only contacts that are also online are visible but this can be changed in settings. The contacts screen is a list of your personal and public groups. Personal groups are those that you create for organizing your own contacts. Public groups are those that have been created by an administrator and are already populated with contacts. You can create a hierarchy of groups and contacts under your personal groups, but public groups are static. They can be added as subgroups to personal groups, but you cannot add contacts or subgroups to a public group.
- Contact Info Screen
  Tapping any contact in any group displays the Contact Info screen where the contact name, nickname, photo or default avatar, title, and awareness status display. Tapping the chat icon starts a chat with the contact.
- Working with your Active Chats
  The Chats screen is the default view when you log in. It displays all conversations that you currently have open. For each chat in the list the following details are displayed:
- Meetings
  Starting with 11.5 you can now create and manage you own meetings under the My Meetings tab on the Meetings dialog. The meetings dialog will also show a list of recent meetings that you have joined as well as an entry field for typing in the name of a meeting you wish to join or start.
- Managing app settings
  Tap the Menu icon and then Settings to display the application settings. Your settings persist at the server so they are maintained across installs and other mobile devices you may use.
- Managing Device Settings
  There are some Sametime settings that are managed from the device settings.
- Help and Support
  Tap the Menu icon and then Help & Support to display the Help and Support screen. From here you can display this help or view Logs and optionally send them to Support.
- Displaying the About Screen
  Tap the menu icon and then About HCL Sametime®to display the About screen. From here you can display the HCL Privacy Statement and any third-party notices. HCL support may also ask you to display this screen to verify the version and build of the app that you are running.

Contact Info Screen

Tapping any contact in any group displays the Contact Info screen where the contact name, nickname, photo or default avatar, title, and awareness status display. Tapping the chat icon starts a chat with the contact.

If the contact has provided a email or phone number, these also display. Tapping an email address launches the mail app or the HCL <tm tmtype="reg" trademark="Sametime">Sametime</tm> app if it is installed. Tapping the phone number prompts you to dial the number if you are on a device capable of placing calls.

Long pressing on an email address displays the iOS context menu for email addresses showing all the available options for an email address. These may include:

New Mail Message
Facetime Audio
Facetime
Send Message (using the Apple Messages app)
Add to Contacts (Apple Contacts)
Copy Email

Long pressing on a phone number displays the iOS context menu for phone numbers showing all the available options for a phone number. These may include:

Call
Facetime Audio
Facetime
Send Message (using the Apple Messages app)
Add to Contacts (Apple Contacts)
Copy

You may also assign a nickname to a contact from the Contact Info screen. Nicknames are visible throughout the app in the place of the user’s formal name.

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